Sex-specific maturity schedules for American shad

A dataset containing sex-specific probabilities of maturation at age for each life-history region (NI = Northern iteroparous, SI = Southern iteroparous, SP = Semelparous)

Usage

maturity

Format

A data frame with 6 observations of 15 variables:

region

Life-history region

sex

Fish sex

age1

Probability of maturing at age 1

age2

Probability of maturing at age 2

age3

Probability of maturing at age 3

age4

Probability of maturing at age 4

age5

Probability of maturing at age 5

age6

Probability of maturing at age 6

age7

Probability of maturing at age 7

age8

Probability of maturing at age 8

age9

Probability of maturing at age 9

age10

Probability of maturing at age 10

age11

Probability of maturing at age 11

age12

Probability of maturing at age 12

age13

Probability of maturing at age 13

Source

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

References

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC). 2020. American shad benchmark stock assessment and peer-review report. ASMFC, Arlington, VA.